Story #1

The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates

By: Stephen King

 

In this story we find some interesting words and we want to share with you these and their meaning.


1. Thwacking (verb): To hit something, making a short, loud sound.

Pronunciation: /Thwa - kuhng/

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Example sentences with this word:

She is thwacking her bag.

The air is thwacking his face.

John is thwacking on the table with his pencil.

Your mother is thwacking the door.

 

2. Scolding (noun): The act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of their behavior.

Scolding (Adjective): Showing that you disapprove of someone's behavior.

Pronunciation: /Skowl - duhng/

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Example sentences with this word:

She is scolding her son.

The teacher is scolding the student.

She´s scolding her feckless classmates.

My dad is scolding my uncle.

 

3. Overheard (verb): To hear what other people are saying without intending to and without their knowledge.

Pronunciation: /Ow-vuh-huhd/

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Example sentences with this word:

I overheard in the hall that we have a meeting.

I overheard some people talking about it.

I didn´t wanted overheard your secret.

She overheard my conversation with him.

 

4. Beads (noun): A small, often round piece of plastic, wood, glass, or other material with a hole through it, which is put on a string to make jewelry such as a necklace

Pronunciation: /Beedz/

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Example sentences with this word:

I forgot the beads in the school.

I lost your beads.

The beads are falling on the ground.

I saved my beads in a box.

 

5. Grief (noun): Very great sadness, especially at the death of someone.

Pronunciation: /Greef/

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Example sentences with this word:

She feels grief because he is not here

The grief is my partner since I lost her.

She was grief that day.

In this moment the grief is too much.

 

6. Acquaintances (noun): A person whom you know but do not know well and who is therefore not exactly a friend.

Pronunciation: /Uh-kwayn-tns/

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Example sentences with this word:

I have some acquaintances in my job.

I asked some acquaintances about it.

I have an acquaintance who is a doctor.

My neighbors are my acquaintances.       

 

7. Critters (noun): a creature.

Pronunciation: /Kri-tuhz/

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Example sentences with this word:

The critters are under my bed.

She still thinks there are critters in the closet.

The dog is full of critters.

There are some critters in the tree.

 

8. Shrewish (adjective): (of a woman) Unpleasant, easily annoyed, and arguing a lot.

Pronunciation: /Shroo-uhsh/

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Example sentences with this word:

I felt shrewish in the meeting.

He is shrewish with his neighbor.

She was shrewish yesterday.

Her daughter has the same shrewish.

 

9. Beneath (preposition): In or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or something.

Pronunciation: /Buh-neeth/

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Example sentences with this word:

The train is beneath the bed.

The cat is sleeping beneath the table.

The cat is sleeping beneath the table.

The secretary is beneath the C.E.O.

 

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